----JESUS IS ALWAYS CLOSE TO US~

[**Friend, however you may be feeling right now,... if sad, depressed, or even joyful, give all praise to the King above all kings, JESUS CHRIST! He is LOVE!
Sit in His presence and let His great love surround you in this moment. As you give Him all praise, the enemy of our soul must flee. JESUS IS LORD! ]

---"Weeping may stay for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. --[PSALM 30:5/ NIV~ angelwing ]

~~TODAY I am going to meet my sister, Jenny, for coffee and some shopping. We have lived within thirty miles of each other for the past fourteen years. In three weeks...she and her family will be moving to Colorado. I have known the day of Jenny's departure is coming. I have been crying a lot. This is the unraveling of my heart, the loosening of the bond that ties me to Jenny. When they drive away, I want to send her off to her new adventure with joy, shouting, "Go with God!" instead of "Stay with me!"

My sorrow comes from knowing we will never be the same. We have shared the goodness of our closeness. That part of the relationship is ending. I will miss her with my whole heart. Sorrow is a heavy, deep thing. But love is the thing that buoys us up: the love of family and friends and mostly... Jesus. 'Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning.' ( Psalm 30:5 // KJV). We don't always understand why life takes the twists and turns that it does. But His love makes a way for us to look past the present sorrow and know that joy will come again.

Jesus is close to the brokenhearted. He is close to those of us who are experiencing loss in a million different ways. He is pulling us into His arms, filling us with strength, inviting us to look beyond what we are feeling and recognize him for who He is. He is the lifter of our heads. His love will lift us up. And that is where the joy comes in.....always we can run to Him and say, "Lord, Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and sustain me with a willing Spirit." --[Psalm 51:12]

--ODB/SFA~
--"Only You" // (lyric video// Phillips, Craig and Dean) ~<https://youtu.be/tZHg0U3qjoI>
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]